ssh trusted host logins

[Darin Perusich]

hi,

is anyone doing trusted host logins with openssh protocol version 2? 
i've been trying to get this working all morning and i'm not having any 
luck. i'm using OpenSSH_3.7.1p2.

the configs for both systems (host1 and host2) are identical.

/etc/ssh/ssh_config
Host *
    ForwardAgent yes
    ForwardX11 yes
    HostbasedAuthentication yes
    EnableSSHKeysign yes

/etc/ssh/sshd_config
    PermitRootLogin no
    HostbasedAuthentication yes
    X11Forwarding yes
    UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
    Banner /etc/issue
    Subsystem       sftp    /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server

/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv (host1)
    host2.domain.com

/etc/ssh/shosts.equiv (host2)
    host1.domain.com

/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2 for host1 contains the ssh_host_[dr]sa_key.pub 
keys for host2 and vice versa.

i've been thru the man pages extensivly and using 
http://www.snailbook.com/faq/trusted-host-howto.auto.html but neither 
are helping at this point. any thoughts would be great.

-- 
Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com